CONGO; THE RAPE OF WOMEN AS A WEAPON OF WAR

Shocking! 48 Women Raped Every Hour In Congo, 1,152 Per Day




Women in Congo
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CONGO– An estimated 1,152 women are raped every day, or 48 per hour, in Congo according to a study to appear in the American Journal of Public Health.

In one particularly war-ravaged part of the country, 67 out of every 1,000 women have been raped at least once. By comparison, the annual rate in the US is 0.5 per 1,000.


“The message is important and clear: Rape in (Congo) has metastasized amid a climate of impunity, and has emerged as one of the great human crises of our time,” says the director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.



Study authors relied on figures from a government health survey and pooled data from across the country to conclude that 29 Congolese women out of every 1,000 were raped.


Congo has been called the worst place on earth to be a woman, and it is tragically living up to its reputation. The Hague to declare rape a weapon of war. During 15 years of war, hundreds of thousands of women and girls have been raped and tortured in the Congo.

Rising Rape In Congo Unveils U.N’s Weakness
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Four armed men barged into Anna Mburano’s hut, slapped the children and threw them down. They flipped Mrs. Mburano on her back, she said, and raped her, repeatedly.


It did not matter that dozens of United Nations peacekeepers were based just up the road. Or that Mrs. Mburano is around 80 years old.

“Grandsons!” she yelled. “Get off me!”
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The mineral coltan mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is used in the production of cell phones, laptop computers and digital cameras, but has also been cited as fueling conflicts in the Congo that have killed an estimated 5.4 million people since 1998.


“Somehow we’ve been desensitized to Black Africa,”. “We see it as their fault because we don’t see our part in it.”

“A million people in displaced camps. Can you even imagine that?”


“When you go through an event like that, you say, ‘What is my life worth?’” “Certainly not to gain material things.”



“I believe we are all one. We’re all connected,”. “If somebody is suffering in the Congo and I have everything that I need — people are only happy when they share.




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